Where does “valvola” come from?

valvola (Italian) comes from Latin valva, from Proto-Italic *wolVwā-, from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o-.

valvola (Italian): valve; fuse; valve, valvule

Definitions

  1. valve; fuse; valve, valvule

Ancestry of “valvola”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvalvadouble or folding door; one leaf of such doors
2Proto-Italic*wolVwā-—
3Proto-Indo-European*wol-ew-o-—

Words derived from “valvola”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *wol-ew-o- →Every word from Proto-Italic *wolVwā- →Every word from Latin valva →